What are Waves? 8-1

What are the highest points of transverse waves called?

• transversals

• summits

• troughs

• crests

What is the lowest part of a transverse wave called?

• transversals

• summits

• troughs

• crests

What are the parts of a longitudinal wave where the coils are close together?

• compressions

• rarefactions

• longitudes

• contractions

What are the parts of a longitudinal wave where the coils are spread out?

• compressions

• rarefactions

• longitudes

• contractions

What are waves that can travel with or without a medium called?

• mechanical waves

• electromagnetic waves

• ocean waves

• transverse waves

Mechanical waves form when a source of energy causes a medium to _______________________.

• vibrate

• compress

• change state

• retract

Which of the following is NOT an example of a mechanical wave?

• longitudinal wave

• latitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• surface wave

What type of wave moves the medium in the same direction as the wave travels?

• transverse

• electromagnetic

• longitudinal

• surface

What direction does each particle of an ocean wave move in?

• only to the right

• just up and down

• it depends on the location of the wave

• in a circle

What direction does a transverse wave move a medium at?

• a right angle

• a parallel direction

• an obtuse angle

• a straight angle